The union infiltration of BHP is spreading from mine to port after the iron ore giant was hit with a bargaining application covering more than 300 workers.
Adrian Rauso
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has questioned how shareholders can be assured Chris Ellison will abide by plans to step down by mid-2026 when questions over board exits go unanswered.
Sean Smith
Clive Palmer has claimed he will allow CITIC Pacific to keep mining at the Sino Iron project less than a week out from a courtroom showdown that was to settle a standoff over the operation’s future.
Simone Grogan
Mining giant BHP is again being threatened by a union, with its two flagship iron ore mines increasingly the target of unions trying to muscle into the mineral-rich Pilbara.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has added more kindling to an already fiery legal tussle against Chinese iron ore miner Citic, which has dismissed his new claims as a “distraction”.
Mining giant BHP says it expects to see little fallout on its operations from Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs but is more concerned by whether it could pull the handbrake on economic growth.
Daniel Newell
Four cyclones in the Pilbara have left Rio Tinto with a $150 million clean-up bill and put the iron ore miner about 13 million tonnes behind its production schedule for the year so far.
Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso
Spending up to $350 million on a fleet of electric drill rigs is Fortescue’s latest move to fully decarbonise its Pilbara iron ore mines before decade’s end.
Mineral Resources’ plans to build a small-scale iron ore mine in the Pilbara have been waved through by the State’s environmental watchdog.
The union crusade to seize Western Australia’s iron ore heartland continues to ramp up with a massive BHP mining hub being the latest target.
Chris Ellison declared the ‘naysayers’ will ‘once again’ be proved wrong less than 24 hours after a Mineral Resources bear predicted another downgrade to the Onslow shipping forecasts.
Mineral Resources was among the miners spearheading ASX losses today, with the Chris Ellison-led company now worth 79 per cent less than this time last year.
Flash flooding looks to have sunk Rio Tinto’s quarterly iron ore shipments to the lowest level since 2019 and dampened hopes of WA’s most prolific miner reaching its annual production target.
A hedge fund pressuring the Rio Tinto board to abandon its London home has used the disastrous $38 billion acquisition of Alcan to drum up support from investors at the Anglo-Australian miner’s annual meeting.
Mineral Resources and its founder Chris Ellison are facing a court showdown following a series of scandals that have cut the lithium and iron ore miner’s market value in half over the past six months.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
Justice Michael Lundberg has agreed a request by the mine’s Chinese owner CITIC to visit the site to inform his understanding of the project for a courtroom battle with Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy.
Global explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel is testing a more environmentally-friendly way to blow up the earth for mining.
Australian iron ore production is set to plateau within three years, while trade battles and an ageing China loom as hurdles for the State’s top industry.
Matt Mckenzie
BHP’s iron ore boss has lauded the Cook Government but suggested its federal counterpart is putting WA’s mining industry at risk of being overtaken by the likes of Argentina, Canada and Chile.
The bold new move against Rio Tinto could spark the first union deal at a mine in WA’s most resources-rich region for more than 30 years.
Mineral Resources has cut 15 white-collar workers from its Osborne Park headquarters, saying it was focused on ‘operational efficiencies’.
Adrian Rauso & Matt Mckenzie
Iron ore swung between gains and losses on market uncertainty around steel output cuts and as industry stalwart Andrew Forrest expressed hope that China is serious about supporting its economy.
Katharine Gemmell
Iron ore road trains are rolling once again on Mineral Resources’ contentious Onslow haul road, but the miner has given no details on any new safety measures put in place to avoid another rollover.
Mineral Resources has lowered the bar to be hired as an Onslow haul road truck driver, despite a spate of truck rollovers caused by ‘operator error’ along the issue-ridden road.
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